StartupGrind

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. It is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in 250 cities and 100 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies.

Startup Grind is a connected online and offline network of vibrant startup communities to help fuel innovation, economic growth and prosperity at the local level. While Startup Grind was founded in Palo Alto, California, our extended network of Startup Grind chapters are located around the world. Start a Chapter in your city or school!

Our Values

We believe in making friends, not contacts. We believe in giving, not taking. We believe in helping others before helping yourself. We are truly passionate about helping founders, entrepreneurs and startups succeed. We intend to make their startup journey less lonely, more connected and more memorable.

Startup Grind Stockholm is looking for its next Chapter Director

Is this chair yours?

Do you want to become a leader in the Stockholm startup community, be the direct link to the heart of Silicon Valley, and get access to startup networks in 160+ other cities around the world? Now there is a unique opportunity to apply to become the Chapter Director for Startup Grind Stockholm.

Since the first event in March 2013, Startup Grind Stockholm has completed 16 events, had over 1000 unique attendees and gathered more than 4500 followers in social media. Through our aim to create meaningful personal meetings, where hardships and failure are just as important as succes s, our recurring events have had an important role in the emerging hot tech startup community. Through our high quality events, videos and photography, we’ve also been a positive force and a great role-model global Startup Grind network.

As Director, you will together with the Co-Director take full ownership for Startup Grind’s operations in Stockholm. You will empower a team of volunteers who are the small core that support during the events and are great ambassadors for our values. The role is a minimum 2 year endeavor on a pro-bono basis, but with great return in terms of network value. You will organize 8-10 events per year were you in a podcast-like format interview successful Swedish entrepreneurs on their journey through life. Together with the directors of the Gothenburg and Sweden chapter, you will be one of Sweden’s most important direct links to the Startup Grind HQ with all its connections in Silicon Valley and the world. Together you will build towards the mission of building a strong supportive, inspirational and educational force for entrepreneurs in Sweden - connecting them to other parts of the ecosystem such as corporations, governments and investors.

What we are looking for:

You are passionate about finding the best way to develop entrepreneurs and the eco-system that they are part of

You are a relationship builder that understand the value of building networks and connections between people.

You want to build a strong and lasting relationship between Silicon Valley and Stockholm

You are a self-starter, take full responsibility for your actions and actively find creative ways to drive things forward

You understand the community value of creating continuous high quality events and meetups

You feel confident to gather, energize, coordinate and lead people

You find it meaningful to build communities, connect organizations with entrepreneurs and, in a very hands on way, create value for the whole society through helping entrepreneurs move forward.

Preference will be given to a candidate who:

Has experience from public speaking, moderating, acting, toastmastering or other on stage/educational performance

Has been an entrepreneur for a few years, founded at least one startup, but has seen what problems and pains there are and therefore would like to work with developing and connecting entrepreneurs

Would like to build a company out of creating communities for entrepreneurs

Initially are able to fund your own living through another startup, consultancy or studies

Has worked with entrepreneur-empowering organizations like Venture Cup, Drivhuset, Ung Företagsamhet, Founder Alliance, Business Sweden and others

The application process

Phase 1 (The last day to complete Phase 1 is February 6th, 2015)

Send an email to per@startupgrind.com with name, phone number, a link to your Linkedin-profile and a short motivation.

Phase 2 (The last day to complete Phase 2 is February 15th 2015)

Write a blog post-style article about Startup Grind’s next era in Stockholm, directed towards the audience of the community itself and also corporate and investment spectators. Show that you understand what the startup community is about and what role Startup Grind has in the ecosystem moving forward.

Make a list of the 10 entrepreneurs that you think you’d be able to get on stage and interview during 2015/2016.

Record a 5 minute video where you motivate why you should be the next Director for Startup Grind Stockholm. Upload it on Youtube as a non-public video.

Attach the blog post, the list of entrepreneurs and the link to the video and in an email to per@startupgrind.com

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About the Author

Per is a young, driven mind with passion for entrepreneurship, business design and urban development. At the age of 22 he entered as CEO of the IT-consultancy startup We Know IT alongside his engineering studies and has ever since been loving to inspire and connect people.